Medicina: Oncoematologia pediatrica: Leucemia linfoblastica acuta
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| cranial nerve palsies |
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| Attestation |
3
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| Definition |
Paralytic strabismus, a motor imbalance caused by paresis or paralysis of an extraocular muscle, is characterized by a deviation that varies according to the direction of gaze and fixation with the involved or uninvolved eye. The diagnosis of paresis of recent onset is suggested by a deviation greatest in the field of action of the paretic muscle, by double vision, and by an increase in the deviation when the patient fixates with the paretic eye. It is important to distinguish paresis or paralysis of one or several extraocular muscles from a comitant form of strabismus, not only because correct identification of the muscle or muscle groups helps the planning of proper therapy, but also because an acquired paresis or paralysis may indicate a systemic or neurologic abnormality.
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| Definition source |
http://www.smbs.buffalo.edu/oph/ped/cranial.htm
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| Context |
Organ infiltration results in enlargement of the liver, spleen, and lymph nodes, with occasional kidney and gonadal involvement; meningeal infiltration results in clinical features associated with increasing intracranial pressure (eg, cranial nerve palsies ).
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| Context source |
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section11/chapter138/138a.htm
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| Synonym |
cranial nerve paralysis, cranial nerve paresis.
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| Subject field |
Pediatric Oncohematology
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| de |
Hirnnervenausfälle
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| it |
deficit dei nervi cranici
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| Reliability code |
3
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